Optimizing vehicle recharging to limit use of electricity generated from non-renewable sources
First Claim
1. A method, implemented by an information aggregator having one or more processors, for reducing a present electricity consumption load on an electricity supplier attributable to charging of electric vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the information aggregator, a request to activate a demand response program (DRP) for a group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP to reduce a present demand on the electricity supplier pursuant to the activated DRP;
receiving, at the information aggregator, information pertaining to, on an individualized basis, members of the group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP;
identifying, based upon individualized information for members of the group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP, present candidates for participation in the activated DRP; and
transmitting instructions to the present candidates to facilitate a reduction in demand for electricity attributable to charging the present candidates while the DRP is activated.
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Abstract
Implementations of the present invention contemplate using the communication infrastructure represented by a network of telematics units communicatively coupled to a telematics service provider (TSP) to implement procedures designed to curtail the load placed on electricity suppliers by electric vehicles during periods of critically high demand for electricity. The present invention contemplates monitoring charging related information for multiple electric vehicles through the telematics units in those vehicles. The invention further contemplates a request from an energy utility for a response to a critically high demand for electricity and the execution of a demand response program (DRP). The DRPs involve aggregating information from a fleet of the electrically powered vehicles, processing the aggregated information, and issuing instructions to one or more vehicles in the fleet that cause the one or more vehicles to reduce the load they are placing on electricity suppliers through their charging activities.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, implemented by an information aggregator having one or more processors, for reducing a present electricity consumption load on an electricity supplier attributable to charging of electric vehicles, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the information aggregator, a request to activate a demand response program (DRP) for a group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP to reduce a present demand on the electricity supplier pursuant to the activated DRP; receiving, at the information aggregator, information pertaining to, on an individualized basis, members of the group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP; identifying, based upon individualized information for members of the group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP, present candidates for participation in the activated DRP; and transmitting instructions to the present candidates to facilitate a reduction in demand for electricity attributable to charging the present candidates while the DRP is activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for reducing a present electricity consumption load on an electricity supplier attributable to charging of electric vehicles during a period of time, comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions, the instructions comprising; instructions for receiving, by the information aggregator, a request to activate a demand response program (DRP) for a group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP to reduce a present demand on the electricity supplier pursuant to the activated DRP; instructions for receiving, by the information aggregator, information pertaining, on an individualized basis, to members of the group of electric vehicles enrolled in the DRP; instructions for identifying, based upon individualized information for one or more members of the group of electric vehicles enrolled in the DRP, present candidates for participation in the activated DRP; and instructions for transmitting, to the present candidates, additional instructions to facilitate a reduction in demand for electricity attributable to charging the present candidates while the DRP is activated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for reducing a present electricity consumption load on an electricity supplier attributable to the charging of one or more members of a group of electric vehicles during a period of time, the system comprising:
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a database configured to store data pertaining, on an individualized basis, to members of the group of electric vehicles and the charging activities of the members, and one or more processors configured to; request, on an individualized basis, information pertaining to members of the group of electric vehicles and the charging activities of the members, to determine whether any of the members of the group are enrolled in a demand response program (DRP) for a group of electrical vehicles enrolled in the DRP to reduce a present demand on the electricity supplier pursuant to the DRP, receive a request to activate the DRP for the group of enrolled electrical vehicles, determine whether any of the members of the group of enrolled vehicles are present candidates for a cessation of charging event or a reduction in charging rate event, and transmit instructions, on an individualized basis, to facilitate a cessation of charging event or a reduction in charging rate event to the present candidates.
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